Dr Ivaylo Antonov
Varna,Bulgaria
This is the story of Josi. She is a female Pomeranian dog. She has a long history of epiphora, blepharospasm and ocular discomfort.
She has gone several treatments before including surgery of the eyelids with mixed success.
Josi is a well monitored patient with all his dewormings and vaccinations on time.
Josi was presented for second opinion for ocular exam and consultation.
On the physical exam I noticed much more pigment on the fur under the right eye.
With the direct ophtalmoscope I saw some hair in the right eye. Near the limbus there was a dermoid mass with very small size and 3 hairs growing on the cornea.
Then I did Jones test of the both eyes with some fluorescin stain and it was negative for more than 60 seconds. The STT time of the left eye was normal 20 mm / min.
Both eyes were negative for ulcers.
So in this case I decided to do keratotomy and to remove the dermoid from the right eye.
Meanwhile I did nasolacrimal flush of the ducts in the both eyes.
The dermoid was removed using Beaver scalpel blade and than on the after exam I noticed second dermoid in the conjunctiva under the upper eyelid.
So the second dermoid was resected and removed with scalpel blade.
Than I did nasolacrimal flush with IV catheter.
So Josi was sent for home management with some local Tobramycin drops and some hyaluronic gel for the cornea to heal fast.
Recheck will be done after 5 days.
